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531 results for News, Aalto Ventures Program, alumni, working life, Professors of Practice

Private sector can help Finland solve health and social services problems

The vast amount of data and expertise should be utilised to the full.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Better Business – Better Society seminar, host: Professor Teemu Malmi

Aalto Entrepreneurship Education Week resulted in collaboration between different units in Aalto and export of education methods

The praised Entrepreneurship Education Week organized by Aalto Ventures Program was held at Aalto University Campus form 9th to 12th of December 2019. The event was attended by nearly 50 teachers or staff members from nine countries and 22 different higher education institutes.
Cooperation
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AVP Summit_01

You do not need to speak Finnish to get a summer job

More than 70% of the employers that participated in the Aalto Summer Job Day are also happy to hire foreigners who do not speak Finnish.
Cooperation
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Two female students chatting at the Aalto Summer Job Day on 16 January 2020. Photo: Kalle Kataila / Aalto University

Aalto students from past to present: Transition from student life to career life

As a student who is just starting to find his first steps in the industry, Aalto student Mcha Khamis was wondering what kind of skills were needed for him to fit into the job market.
Studies
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Mcha Khamis and Liisa Åström

Alumna Göksu Sarigöl: My internship prepared me for the next chapter of my professional life

Our alumna Göksu Sarigöl did an internship during her studies through the School of Business Internship Programme for foreign students. ‘I was lucky that the School of Business Career Services helped me in this part of my career.’
Cooperation, Studies
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School of Business alumna Göksu Sarigöl

Timo Viherkenttä appointed as Professor of Practice in Business Law

Timo Viherkenttä, Doctor of Laws and CEO of the State Pension Fund of Finland, has been appointed Professor of Practice at the School of Business’s Department of Accounting as of 1 January 2020.
Appointments
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Photo of Timo Viherkenttä by Roope Kiviranta/Aalto University

'It’s hard to innovate how to sail around the world if you believe it’s flat'

MEP and our alumna Sirpa Pietikäinen spoke about the condition of our planet in the alumni meet-and-greet in Brussels.
Cooperation
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Aalto Alumni meet-and-greet in Brussels

Aalto International Talent Programme brings together international students and companies

Aalto International Talent Programme is organized by Aalto University Career Services. The programme supports the employment international degree students.
Cooperation
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Aalto-yliopisto / Manila ja Anna-Leena keskustelemassa keskenään / photo: Kaisa Paasivirta

Finland Prizes awarded to professor, designer Pirjo Kääriäinen and alumna, artist and activist Marja Helander

Among this year’s prize recipients were Professor of Practice of Design driven fibre innovation Pirjo Kääriäinen and Aalto ARTS alumna, photographer, filmmaker and activist Marja Helander.
Cooperation, Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Pirjo Kääriäinen

Alumni of the School of Business returned to their old school 70 years after they started their studies

Budding internationalism, friends, choral singing and a secure post-graduate job are at the forefront of memories.
Cooperation
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Vuosikurssin -49 alumnit Helga Dahlgren (vas.), Olli Nuotio ja Kristina Puranen

Alumnus Jesús Manuel Castro Félix: It is important to develop skills that help working with all kinds of people

Good communication and continuous learning were the most important takeaways for the MIB alumnus.
Studies
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Kuvassa näkyy Jesús Manuel Castro Félix.

Alumnus Jesse Rajala: ISM has opened up doors I didn't even realise existed

A fresh graduate of Information and Service Management, Jesse Rajala talks about his studies and gives a few tips to students coming from a University of Applied science background.
Studies
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Jesse Rajala sitting in a big armchair in the Business School lobby, looking up.

Otaniemi, like coming back home

Tauno Voipio, godfather of the Electric Workshop course, believes in learning through doing.
Aalto Magazine, Cooperation
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Alumni Tauno Voipio kuvattuna Otakaari 1 -rakennuksen aulassa. Kuvaaja: Mikko Raskinen.

Can academia keep up with the future of work?

Sampo Leino shares insights on how academia can help students to leap from university to work.
Cooperation, Studies, University
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Four smiling men posing in front of a colorful graffiti wall.

Breaking boundaries – the power of multidisciplinarity

Piritta Jokelainen shares insights to enhance multidisciplinary teaching and learning.
Studies, University
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Portrait of Piritta Jokelainen

Alumna Essi Raitala: Business studies create an excellent basis for a diplomatic career

Diverse career opportunities and varying tasks got our alumna Essi Raitala interested in a career in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Currently, she is on her first posting at the Embassy of Finland in Nairobi.
Cooperation
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School of Business alumna Essi Raitala

DBMC Alumnus Tyler Spring: ‘The course is an experience you won’t forget’

Tyler Spring attended the Digital Business Master Class in July 2019, and has successfully translated the course insights into positive changes at his work.
Studies
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Tyler Spring standing in a harbour at sunset, smiling.

Aalto University launches free-for-all online entrepreneurship course 'to make sure no great idea goes unpursued'

Starting Up is co-created by students and the European startup community and is a new contribution to open education by the country that brought Elements of AI to the world
Press releases, Studies, University
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Starting Up Pic: Aalto University

”Alumni sharing their career story really inspires me”

A group mentoring event brought alumni and students of the School of Business together to discuss work life.
Cooperation
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Ryhmämentorointitapahtuma järjestettiin Kauppakorkeakoululla 13.11.2019, opiskelijoita ja alumneja pyöreissä pöydissä

An 'info student' can teach crowdfunding to entrepreneurs in slums and coding to secondary pupils

In her diploma work, Niina Arvila studied how awareness of crowdfunding and the skills it requires could be spread among entrepreneurs of small communities in poor countries. Alongside her studies, Arvila arranged a coding club to adolescents and worked as a UX Designer at technology event Slush.
Studies
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Niina Arvila seisoo Tietotekniikan talon aulassa